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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1910
Page
5
A nostalgic meditation on memory and aging framed by a cozy hearth scene from The Reveries of 4 Bachelor. It contrasts youth’s bright dreams with middle age’s trials, recalling family, the lost days of boyhood, and the enduring image of a beloved face in the firelight.
The life of Jem Mace recalls Highlands of Navesink as a famed boxing training quarters. In 1871 he and Billy Edwards trained for a world title fight with Joe Coburn, with bouts planned near Port Dover and Hay Street. Mace died in London at 79 after later training at Joe Little's hotel.
Trials at Asbury Park and Bradley Beach end with not guilty verdicts for three defendants. Thomas Huggins acquitted after three hours deliberation on assault charges involving Nora Huggins and Lizzie Bareford. Benjamin Letts freed for stealing 25 hens from Luster Moore after about an hour. Jennie Randolph acquitted of keeping a disorderly house at 18 Borden Avenue. Additional cases include George Smith remanded for forging a check and William J. Patterson remanded for assault and battery.
James R. Leddy son of Thomas Leddy of Oceanic died suddenly at his brother’s home on Bingham avenue aged 40. He is survived by brothers Thomas, Joseph of Long Branch, and Harry of Red Bank. Funeral services were held at St James Church Red Bank with interment to Calvary Cemetery New York. Harry C. Fay in charge.
The Jersey Central announces faster through trains between New York and Philadelphia timed to cut running time to about 96 minutes for 90 miles and to average 64.285 miles per hour on fast stretches. The move follows new Pennsylvania station opening and marks a shift in America’s fastest rail service. The Mer maid, a fast experimental train, previously ran 37 seconds per mile on selected sections, boosting confidence in the new schedule.
Highlands notes report Mrs. Bernard Creighton hosting Mr and Mrs Addison Remain of New York and updates on Mrs Patrick McCabe recovering from train injuries. Also listed are the Hoyt Brothers skating rink opening, John C Payne improving Highland Beach lots, a new $3000 boarding house by Mrs Brack, Hubbs and Jerguson firm dissolution, the Merchants Steamboat Line last trips to New York and the start of winter.
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